Category Archives: Regulations and regulators

Long Drives, Air Travel, Exhausting Waits: What Abortion Requires in the South

Feminists failed to press for abortion laws when they had political winds at their backs. Women in Flyover are already paying for this lapse.

Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twenty-Five: Didi’s IPO Illustrates Why Uber’s Business Model Was Always Hopeless

Didi has a more commanding position than Uber in a fundamentally more attractive market, yet has been hemmorrhaging money.

The Moral Hazard of Limited Liability

Some concrete ideas for how to pin the tail of the limited liability donkey back on key insiders, and make regulators accountable.

Cuomo’s Incoherent “Come Back En Masse” Strategy Ignores Delta Dangers

Cuomo, like his Team Dem allies, insists the vaccines will allow him to stay the reopening course when Delta is throwing a big money wrench

CDC Reversal on Masks, Vaccinated as Covid Spreaders, While Boosters Look to Be Coming Late and Not Hugely Effective

If you weren’t worried about Covid, you should be, between rising infections and evidence of CDC incompetence.

Aducanumab: The Drug That Breaks Medicare?

Biogen plans to price-gouge for the barely-effective Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab to such a degree that it could bust Medicare.

U.S. Vaccine Diplomat Cajoles Producers to Support Low-Cost Off-Shore Vaccine Hubs

The Biden administration should push the WTO to waive COVID vaccine patents before heading off for vacation and encourage U.S. producers to ramp up low-cost vaccine production worldwide.

Gurbir Grewal Takes Helm as SEC Director of Enforcement, Breaking BigLaw Stranglehold

The new SEC director of enforcement takes up his post today, the first in this position since 2005 to enter without strong recent corporate ties.

FTC Votes 5-0 to Crack Down on Companies For Thwarting Right to Repair

FTC issues new policy statement announcing a tougher enforcement stance on company repair and warranty practices.

The Delta Variant Thrives in a State of Political and Public Health Discord

More worries about Delta.

World’s Coral Scientists Warn Action is Needed Now to Save Even a Few Reefs from Climate Change

Coral reefs are the canary in the coal mine. The collapse of these ecosystems is the first unequivocally tied to climate change.

As UN Human Rights Chief Urges Stricter Rules, Snowden Calls for End to Spyware Trade

An investigation revealing abuse of NSO Group’s Pegasus malware led Snowden to declare: “This is an industry that should not exist.”

Hospital ‘Trauma Centers’ Charge Enormous Fees to Treat Minor Injuries and Send People Home

The trauma center ripoff provides more evidence that the medical industry is primarily in the business of exploitation, not care.

Biden Targets Non-Compete Agreements, Which Restrict the Job Opportunities of Millions of Low-Wage Workers

Biden goes after non-compete agreements….but will this effort make a difference?

Robinhood’s Revealing Ad Pitch: We’re All Investors, Alone

The latest Robinhood campaign is more raspberry than rah rah.